Rauna (crustacean)
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''Rauna'' is an extinct genus of
prawn Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton An exoskeleton () . is a skeleton that is on the exterior of an animal in the form of hardened integument, which both supports the body's shape and protects the intern ...
, containing the single species ''Rauna angusta'', described from the
Solnhofen limestone The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk, formally known as the Altmühltal Formation, is a Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätte that preserves a rare assemblage of fossilized organisms, including highly detailed imprints of soft bodied organi ...
s of southern
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References

Penaeidae Monotypic decapod genera Jurassic crustaceans Crustaceans described in 1839 Fossil taxa described in 1839 Solnhofen fauna {{paleo-crustacean-stub